Special Delivery - Rare Linotype Returns to Baltimore

A Linotype machine is heading home to Baltimore, thanks to Johns Hopkins University. The historic hot-metal typesetting machine — invented by Ottmar Mergenthaler in 1884 and once called “the eighth wonder of the world” — was recently secured before it could be scrapped and is now being transported to Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School.

For students, alumni, and the Baltimore community, this is more than the return of an old machine. It’s a powerful homecoming, a reminder of the city’s innovation, and a connection to the man whose invention helped shape the future of printing at the very school that bears his name.

Video by:
Aubrey Morse